10 Feb 2020

Research begins into work-related fatalities involving vehicles

From Morning Report, 6:13 am on 10 February 2020

New research is beginning into why so many work-related fatalities involve vehicles.

The government agency WorkSafe has put out a tender for a study into the business models and supply chain pressures that contribute to the high death rate, on and off-road.

The editor of Safeguard magazine Peter Bateman says the failings are in plain sight and agencies have been remiss.